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September 6 birthdays

324 notable historical figures were born on September 6, and 166 died on this day. Everyone born on September 6 is a Virgo.

19% of September 6 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on September 6

• Marquis de Lafayette (1757 to 1834. French military officer and politician (1757–1834))
• John Dalton (1766 to 1844. British chemist and physicist (1766–1844))
• Jane Addams (1860 to 1935. American reformer (1860–1935))
• Idris Elba (born 1972. English actor (born 1972))
• Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923 to 1970. King of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945)
• Jwan Yosef (born 1984. Swedish-Syrian painter and artist)
• Roger Waters (born 1943. English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943))
• Donna Haraway (born 1944. Scholar in the field of science and technology studies)
• Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891 to 1942. Russian grand duke (1891–1942))
• Katalin Novák (born 1977. President of Hungary from 2022 to 2024)
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729 to 1786. German philosopher and theologian (1729–1786))
• Claire Lee Chennault (1893 to 1958. American military aviator (1893–1958))
• Justin Whalin (born 1974. American actor)
• (born 1963. Dutch politician (born 1963))
• Dolores O'Riordan (1971 to 2018. Irish musician (1971–2018))
• Mariannette Miller-Meeks (born 1955. American physician & politician (born 1955))
• Bruno Bauer (1809 to 1882. German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882))
• Franz Josef Strauß (1915 to 1988. German politician (1915–1988))
• Charles Calvin Rogers (1929 to 1990. United States Army general (1929–1990))
• William Rosecrans (1819 to 1898. American diplomat, politician and army officer (1819–1898))
• Puan Maharani (born 1973. Indonesian politician (born 1973))
• José Sócrates (born 1957. Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011)
• Felix Salten (1869 to 1945. Austro-Hungarian Jewish author and literary critic (1869–1945))
• Andrea Camilleri (1925 to 2019. Italian writer (1925–2019))
• Sylvanus Olympio (1902 to 1963. President of Togo from 1960 to 1963)
• Robyn Davidson (born 1950. Australian writer)
• Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 to 1734. English and French noble (1649–1734))
• John Macleod (physiologist) (1876 to 1935. Scottish biochemist and physiologist (1876–1935))
• Georges Picquart (1854 to 1914. French Minister of War (1854-1914))
• Isabelle Collin Dufresne (1935 to 2014. French-American artist and author (1935–2014))
• Oleg Kalugin (born 1934. Russian activist and KGB general (born 1934))
• Sergio Aragonés (born 1937. Spanish Mexican cartoonist (born 1937))
• Susumu Tonegawa (1939 to 2026. Japanese scientist (born 1939))
• George-Étienne Cartier (1814 to 1873. Canadian Father of Confederation (1814–1873))
• Emil Boc (born 1966. Romanian politician)
• Joshua Cohen (born 1980. American novelist and story writer)
• Luis Federico Leloir (1906 to 1987. Argentine physician and biochemist (1906–1987))
• Shi Yongxin (born 1965. Chinese Buddhist monk and former Shaolin abbot)
• Korczak Ziolkowski (1908 to 1982. American designer and sculptor (1908–1982))
• Julien Green (1900 to 1998. American novelist (1900–1998))
• Johan Nygaardsvold (1879 to 1952. Norwegian politician (1879–1952))
• Richard J. Roberts (born 1943. British biochemist (born 1943))
• Debra Soh (born 1990. Canadian sex researcher)
• Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817 to 1891. Romanian statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist (1817–1891))
• Fumihiko Maki (1928 to 2024. Japanese architect (1928–2024))
• Adolf Strauss (1879 to 1973. German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973))
• Frances Wright (1795 to 1852. Scottish-American philosopher, feminist writer, and socialist activist and reformer)
• Valko Chervenkov (1900 to 1980. Bulgarian communist politician, prime minister (1900-1980))
• Edward Appleton (1892 to 1965. British physicist (1892–1965))
• Vendela Vida (born 1971. American novelist)
• Lisa Eckhart (born 1992. Austrian poetry slammer and cabaret artist)
• Anton Diabelli (1781 to 1858. Austrian music publisher, editor and composer)
• Marie Zakrzewska (1829 to 1902. Polish-American female physician)
• DJ Spooky (born 1970. American DJ and music producer)
• Christopher Nolan (author) (1965 to 2009. Irish poet and author (1965–2009))
• W. Ross Ashby (1903 to 1972. English psychiatrist (1903–1972))
• Sebastiano Serlio (1475 to 1554. Italian architect and painter (1475–1554))
• Efraim Karsh (born 1953. Israeli–British historian (born 1953))
• Chang of Goryeo (1381 to 1389. King of Goryeo from 1388 to 1389)
• Norman Joseph Woodland (1921 to 2012. American engineer and inventor (1921–2012))

Died on September 6

• Suleiman I (1494 to 1566. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566))
• Akira Kurosawa (1910 to 1998. Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998))
• Robert Mugabe (1924 to 2019. Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017)
• Margaret Sanger (1879 to 1966. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966))
• Hendrik Verwoerd (1901 to 1966. Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966)
• Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868 to 1924. Austrian archduchess)
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918 to 2007. American writer (1918–2007))
• David Baltimore (1938 to 2025. American biologist and Nobel laureate (1938–2025))
• Kate Millett (1934 to 2017. American writer and artist (1934–2017))
• Count of Covadonga (1907 to 1938. Prince of Asturias)
• (1935 to 2007. Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007))
• Burt Reynolds (1936 to 2018. American actor (1936–2018))
• Olaf Stapledon (1886 to 1950. English novelist and philosopher (1886–1950))
• Lou Brock (1939 to 2020. American baseball player (1939–2020))
• Pope John XIII (Head of the Catholic Church from 965 to 972)
• Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921 to 2017. Azerbaijani scientist (1921–2017))
• Eugenius (345 to 394. Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394)
• Sully Prudhomme (1839 to 1907. French poet (1839–1907))
• Hanns Eisler (1898 to 1962. Austrian and German composer (1898–1962))
• Archduke Felix of Austria (1916 to 2011. Last surviving child of Charles I, Emperor of Austria)
• Eugenia Charles (1919 to 2005. Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995)
• Nakşidil Sultan (1761 to 1817. Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1817)
• Abaoji (872 to 926. Emperor of the Liao dynasty from 916 to 926)
• Indira Devi of Cooch Behar (1892 to 1968. Maharani of British Indian Cooch Behar)
• Vaughan Jones (1952 to 2020. New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist)
• Suzaku (923 to 952. Emperor of Japan from 930 to 946)
• Dragoljub Ojdanić (1941 to 2020. Serbian general (1941–2020))
• Rudolph III of Burgundy (966 to 1032. King of Burgundy from 993 to 1032)
• Liudolf of Swabia (930 to 957. Duke of Swabia from 950 to 957)
• 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso (1941 to 2003. Queen consort of Lesotho)

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